Lost Treasure: The Bits of Gold You Can Find in Your Sent Mail
May 18th, 2012
How many e-mails are in your Sent Mail folder? None? Hundreds? Thousands? I was working with a client the other day and he had 32,000 e-mails in his Sent Mail folder. That’s a lot to search through if you’re looking for something you’ve sent. It took quite a while for them to load on the [...]
Lead Yourself NOT into Unproductive Temptations at Work
April 22nd, 2012
When you’re at work, you’re surrounded by plenty of temptations, like things, habits and routines, not the least of which is the birthday cake that someone just brought in to celebrate someone’s birthday, right? Well, gastronomic goodies aside, the other temptations in your day can prove to be worthy adversaries to your plans to be [...]
Electronic Task Lists: Use Them Whenever You Can
February 7th, 2012
This blog post is based on a question I received from Rachel Ramey and she asks: “Do you still recommend an electronic task list for those who don’t have portable devices? I like the idea of an e-list except that I’d never have it with me when I’m away from my desk! Just wondering if [...]
Staying Organized from Home to Work and Back Again
January 29th, 2012
This blog post is an answer to a question recently received from a reader, Rose K. “I work two jobs, but one is on a computer all day. So because of access to the computer at work and not much time to work at home, I conduct my personal business online during my lunch hour. [...]
January 22nd, 2012
Today’s blog is an answer to a question I received recently from Sarah B. And since this is a question I get a lot, I wanted to answer it on my blog for others to read and understand how Taskology™ is intended to work. Leslie,I’m very intrigued by your system, but I’m wondering how Outlook [...]
Make Meaningful Progress Today Using a Lesson from Your Past
November 27th, 2011
When you were young, your parents told you to do a million things, right? I know my parents did. And I was the youngest, so my older sister chimed in a lot too. I was used to all the “do this” and “do that” going on, but the joke was on me one summer when [...]
E-Hoarding: Another Form of Clutter That Can Cost You
November 6th, 2011
If you’re like most professionals today you have too much of everything except TIME. One of the heaviest loads to bear these days is e-mail. But even after getting too much to begin with, I find there are groups out there who are self-proclaimed “knowledge junkies” or “e-hoarders,” which is so interesting to me. Since [...]
Paper vs. Electronic: The Task List Tug-of-War
October 9th, 2011
My last post brought forth a wonderful comment from a reader who stood up for paper to-do lists and while I’m a firm believer in electronic task lists, I know there are many professionals who still use, love and rely on paper. It’s no surprise to me that many people don’t actually get why an [...]
September 27th, 2011
That’s the question I got from a member of a live audience during a company training I did several years ago. I’ll never forget that question and not just because of her doubtful attitude, but also because I could tell she wasn’t really clear on what productivity was all about. The truth is that she [...]
Do You Have “Accumulation Stations” in Your Office?
September 4th, 2011
Do you use an Inbox and Outbox in your office? I work with a lot of clients who do. And I don’t think anyone needs them. At least not anyone who’s seriously interested in staying organized, productive and clutter-free. I’m all about simplifying. I want everyone to simplify where possible and the Inbox/Outbox on your [...]
